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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: combjelly who wrote (57779)2/23/2018 4:42:59 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 363336
 
>> Granted, it is a supposition that a tool optimized for a given task is actually better at it.

I'm glad to see you admit that, but keep in mind they aren't autonomous. It matters who is firing it and what the context is.

I can assure you my father-in-law with a 30/30 or 30-06 or even a slug in a shotgun, would have hit his target more frequently than any of these nitwits with Ar15s. Regardless of the AR's features.

The principal "benefit" of an AR is that you can be a lousy shot and still kill some victims without even aiming. That much is true.


These are NOT "assault weapons". As pointed out earlier, that is a POLITICAL term, NOT a technical one. They are semiautomatics, no different from other rifles or shotguns or many handguns. They are stylish, I suppose, and that is how they are distinguished from other rifles.
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